Google and Facebook have dominated the U.S. digital advertising market for years, but new data show signs that platforms like Amazon and Snapchat are chipping away at the digital duopoly’s market share....

Alphabet Inc's Google routinely fields product queries from millions of shoppers. The U.S. technology company is teaming up with retailers including Target Corp, Walmart Inc, Home Depot Inc, Costco Wholesale Corp and Ulta Beauty Inc. Under a new program, retailers can list their products on Google Search, as well as on the Google Express shopping service, and Google Assistant on mobile phones and voice devices.

Bitcoin has fallen over 20% in the past week (which actually outperforms the next 7 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap) and could test its $6,000 low from just last month. A report from Sky News that Twitter is about to ban digital currency advertising is the latest hit.

Amazon understands that the future is about establishing a direct interface with people, and is prepared to bet the farm on it and Echo’s value as a platform clearly exceeds what many people failed to see when they first clapped eyes on it.

It is rather amazing that two huge US companies looking to cut an $85bn merger are looking like underdogs. But as AT&T and Time Warner go head to head with the US government over the legality of their ...

Atherton Research analyst Jean Baptiste Su looks at the reasons behind the failure of Android Wear and how Google can breathe new life into its moribund platform by releasing a major Wear OS update this year and posting consistent updates.